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Malaysian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Wales  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Helô  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Bore da  

Please
sila  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
maaf  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Musi  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Cymraeg  

French Name
malais  
gallois  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Welsh  

Language Position
54  
39
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
wel  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Malaysian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Welsh language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Welsh Language History.

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Malaysian and Welsh Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malaysian and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Welsh language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Welsh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malaysian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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